Picture this: a pilot has been flying globally for years in command of a large airliner, and suddenly he is advised that if his licence is to remain valid for international operations he must pass an ...

Manama, Dec. 24 (BNA): Gulf Aviation Academy (GAA), the training arm of Gulf Air Group (GFG), welcomed a senior delegation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University led by President P. Barry Butler, ...

Nearly 20 years after English language testing requirements for pilots and air traffic controllers were introduced by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), language continues to ...

Who's Roger? New language standards for pilots and air traffic controllers, approved by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, are expected to launch a small industry for ...

DUBAI, U.A.E., 27 th February 2007 - The Emirates Aviation College - Aerospace & Academic Studies - has won approval from the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to offer Aviation English ...

These were the words of a somewhat frustrated tower controller who was trying to understand the request of the Japanese learner—the young man could speak English, but apparently it was so heavily ...

ENGLISH, non-native speakers are often told, is vital for a high-flying career. Once necessary only for over-achieving, globe-trotting professionals, fluency in the modern lingua franca is now ...

Dominique Estival works for Western Sydney University. She received an internal research grant from the MARCS Institute to conduct this research. She is also a current flight instructor. The most ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Less than a tenth of China's pilots meet international aviation English standards, the airline regulator said on Tuesday, encouraging them to rise to the challenge of bolstering ...